Graphophone and other disk record holder.



J. HEITMAN.. GRAPHOPHONE ANDl OTHER msR RECORD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. |915.

' UNITED STATES. PATENT ermee..

JOHN HEITMAN, 0F NOME, TERRITORY 0F ALASKA, ASSIGNDR OF ONE-HALF T0 RALPH LOMEN, 0F NOME, TERRIBITOIR'Yv 0F ALASKA.

Speclcation of Letters Ifatent.

Application filed July 3, 1916. Serial No. 87,911. v

To all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I JOHN HEITMAN, a

l, subject of the King of lEngland, residing at' Nome, Alaska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Graphophone and other Disk Record VHolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to accompanying drawings in whichl Figure 1 is a transverse sectional upright broken view, through one of the stalls and with record in place, of the body and working parts of t e record holder; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional upright broken view of part of the record holder showing a number of partitions and record carriers. Stop M is shown swingably attached. In the drawings similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts vin the several views. l

My invention relates to improvements in graphophone and other disk record holders as an article of manufacture and consists in the construction, in combination, of its parts as a record holder, the object and nature of which is to supply and provide a record holder in which the grapho hone or other disk records may be compact y and securely stored and kept, by which the removal of more than one record at a time is prevented, and in which a record, once removed, must be replaced before another record can be taken out and in which also there are numbered or lettered keys on triggers by which to unlock the record carriers and facilitating the indexing and finding of each record in the record holder. l

It consists of a body, case or cabinet, with vertical partitions forming stalls for the records, a record carrier in each stall, and means for locking and releasing any carrier whereby the 4record, resting on its carrier, is held in place or brought out of the record holder.

I construct my record holder as follows, reference being had to the drawings, in which T represents the bottom of the body, frame or case; Y thin vertical partitions spaced to form stalls of suitable width for the insertion of records; C represents thin record carriers, each slidablv mounted and resting on the floor of the body between the partitions, each having its upper edge curved and grooved in part, to lit the periphery of a record or disk, and` adapted to hold and carry the record or disk in place or to and fro as hereinafter explained. O and P, respectively, represent guides, transversely and rigidly attached to the front and back of body and adapted to guide and hold the record carriers 1n horizontal position, the front end of the carriers being cut away to allow their sliding under the guide or cross-piece 0, and the back of the carriers being slotted to allow them to slide under guide or crosspiece P. D represents a set of flat springs,` each spring being disposed at and attached to the back of the body between partitions, and each spring working against the back of a record carrier, pressing forward the latter when not held in lace by shoulder N, on trigger B. Trigger D is disposed underneath and in front of each carrier, room for same bei-ngmade in the floor T; each trigger B'is held 1n place by its axle R, and each trigger is actuated by a spring Q disposed underneath it. Each trigger is provided on its top with a projecting shoulder N, which holds the carrier'in place untilv the trigger is pressed downward by pressure on its key A, mounted thereon. When trigger B is pressed down by pressure upon its key A, the carrier C, with its record V, is pushed forward by means of the sprin D and the record can then be easily reac ed and removed from the record holder or cabinet. E represents a shallow and channel-like escapement disposed transversely to and full width of the body underneath the partitions and carriers in a recess in the floor T of the body; the edges of said escapement are bent upward to form the lips or pallets K and L, which latter are. adapted to engage the carriers C in their forward or backward motion, as hereinafter explained. The escapement E oscillates on a rod or axle F rigidly disposed transversely the full wid l1 of and through the sides of the body, and is actuated by a record carrier C pressing against pallet K" when 'such record carrier is moved forward, and is also actuated by a spring pS underneath said escapement. The record lcarriers C have notches G and J on the underside. At notch G on each carrier is attached a spring. H which, when a carrier is moved forward, acts as a lock or stop for all carriers except the carrier being operated or moved forward, the pallet L being thrown up in front of the spring 11, on all the Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

carriers, except the carrier being operated or moved forward and which latter carrier, in its forward movement, actuates the pallet L which thereby holds and locks the other carriers until the carrier moved forward is again" moved back by the insertion of a record. "M represents a stop vslidably or swingably attached to theroof U of the body adapted to prevent the removal of the records or disks except the record or disk moved forward by pressure on trigger, as explained.

Records and disks may be placed 1n the record holder and securely locked therein by inserting the same in the vacant stalls between the partitions and by means of a record or disk pushing back the recordlcarrier. Records and disks may be withdrawn from the record holderZ one at a time, by pressing down on a key Af of `trigger lB, the latter acting against a spring Q5 on its under side, when shoulder N 1s released from the record carrier C and which latter, then, moves forward by reason Y and removed. 1n its forward motion the record carrier C engages with and forces down against its spring one edge or pallet K of the channel-like escapement E with the result thatV the other lip or pallet L rises into the recess or notch G in the carrier (l, thereb preventing further forward motion in ln the forward I notion of record carrier C the projecting spring H passes'over and beyond the pallet L before said pallet rises into the recess G, butin all the other carriers the pallet L rises in front of the spring 1-1,

arresting any forward motion of the latterl carriers, until the carrier first moved forward, is pushed back into its place by the insertion of a record or disk. No record can be entirely inserted into the record holder until a key is pressed down and the record carrier C is in its out position, thereupon the record is placed on the curved and grooved up er edge of the carrier C and pushed bac with C to the back of the record holder, until the key A and trigger 13, actuated by the spring Q rise, -and the shoulder arrests the forward movement of carrier 0, in front of it, and holds the latter in its closed or normal position. rllhe face of the projection or shoulder N on trigger B, sloping slightly, wedges record carrier C and insures thatA the spring H is carried far enough back from the pallet L so that it does not remain in contact therewith, or, by unnecessary friction, interfere with the free motion of the escapement E The object of the spring Hf with its bent projection, is to allow one or more of the carriers 0, with their acineens@ companying records, to be pushed back to their normal position. 'llhe keys A may be numbered or lettered to correspond with some index s'o as to facilitate the identiication'of records.

What 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. ln a 'graphophone or disk record holder, in combination, a box-like body, a series of vertically disposed partitions therein, a series of partially curved and grooved record carriers slidably mounted between the partitions, a series of'dat springs disposed at the back of the body between the partitions, each spring pressing upon the back of a record carrier, a series of triggers in front of the record carriers, each trigger adapted to-hold or release a record carrier, substantially as described.

2. In a graphophone or disk record holder, in combination, a body,` a series of vertically disposed partitions therein, a series of record carriers slidably mounted between the partitions, a series of springs attacli'ed to the back of the body, between'the partitions, each ring pressing on the back of a record carrier, a series of triggers in front of the record carriers, each trigger adapted to hold or release a record carrier, a palleted escapement and means by which the record carrier and escapement engage each other, all substantially as described and for the uses and pur oses mentioned.

3. .1n a phonograph isk record holder,

a casing provided with a series of vertically disposed stalls or compartments, a slidable carrier disposed in each compartment and arranged to receive a record disk, means for projecting any one of said slidable carriers forwardly, and 'ramon means actuated by the forward movement of said projected carrier for locking the remaining carriers in position.

4:. 1n a phono aph disk record holder, a casing provide with a series of vertically disposed stalls or compartments, a slidable carrier disposed in each compartment and arranged to receive a record me me for projectin any one of said slidable carriers forward y, common means actuated by the forward movement of said projected carrier for locking the remaining carriers in position, and means for releasing said carriers operated by the return movement of the projected carrier.

5. llii a phonograph disk record holder a casing provided with a series of vertically disposed stalls or compartments, a slidable carrier disposed in each of said stalls, and arranged to receive a record disk, a spring for each carrier arranged to place the carrier under tension, a trigger for each carrier causing the release of the carrier and its forward projection by said spring.

In a phonograph disk record holder, a casing provided with a series of vertically disposed stalls or compartments, a slidable carrier disposed in each of said stalls and arranged to receive a record disk, a spring for each carrier arranged to place the carrier under tension, a trigger for each carrier having an abutment to prevent the movement of the carrier, a key for each trigger, the downward movement of the key causing the release of the carrier and its forward projection by said spring, and means including an escapement for locking the remainin carriers inv position. 4

In a phonograph disk record holder, a casing provided with a-series'of vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier disposed in each of said stalls, the upper portion of the carrier being curved to receive the record disk, each of said carriers being provided wth a forwardly extending common guide member carried by the casing" for guiding the forwardly extending portion of the carrier, a spring for each carrler normally pressing against the carrier, a trigger for each carrier having a beveled abutment arranged to engage the forwardly extending portion, an escapement common to all of said carriers, and means carried on each guioe portion, ad,

carrier for operating said common escapement to lock the other carriers in position on movement of any one of said carriers.

In a phonograph disk record holder, a casing provided with a series of vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier disposed in each of said stalls, the upper portion of the carrier being curved to receive the record, each of said carriers bein provided with a forwardly extending gui e portion, a common guide member carried by the casing for guiding the forwardly extendinlg portion of the carrier, a spring for eac carrier normally pressing against the carrier, a trigger Afor each carrier having a beveled abutment arranged to engage the forwardly extending portion, an escapement common to all of said carriers, means carried on each carrier for operating said common escapement to lock the other carriers in position on movement of any one of said carriers, and a common guide member carried by the casing at the rear of 4said carriers for guiding any of said carriers in its forward or backward movement.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of June, 1915.

JOHN HEITMAN. Impresence of- GUDBRAND J. LoMEN, RALPH LonmN. 

